LIPSCOMB v. RANDALL

No. 2-98-084-CV

985 S.W.2d 601 (1999)

Larry LIPSCOMB, Patricia Moore, Robert Peffer, Ted Reeves, William Carr, and Roy Marshall, Appellants, v. Rick RANDALL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled March 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P., E. Allen Taylor, Jr., Tim G.Sralla, Debra Drayovitch, Fort Worth, Griffin, Whitten & Jones, Mike Griffin, Denton, for appellants.

William Trantham, Farmers Branch, for appellee.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

The council members of The Town of Flower Mound, Texas, appeal the district court's writ of mandamus1 reinstating a council member, Rick Randall, who automatically forfeited his office under the town charter when he was convicted of crimes of moral turpitude in municipal court. We reverse and render judgment vacating the trial court's judgment.

BACKGROUND

The Town of Flower Mound...

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